Minister for International Development Cooperation (Sweden)
| Minister for International Development Cooperation of Sweden | |
|---|---|
Lesser coat of arms of Sweden | |
| Ministry for Foreign Affairs | |
| Member of | The Government |
| Appointer | The Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term Serves as long as the Prime Minister sees fit |
| Formation | 4 June 1958 |
| First holder | Ulla Lindström |
| Salary | 1,452,000 SEK (annually) |
| Website | www.sweden.gov.se |
The Minister for International Development Cooperation is the
Swedish Riksdag. The cabinet minister belongs to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
.
The position was established in 1954 and the first officeholder was
cabinet minister to hold the office is Johan Forssell
, appointed on 18 October 2022.
List of Ministers
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Prime Minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ulla Lindström (1909–1999) | 4 June 1954 | 31 December 1966 | 12 years, 210 days | Social Democrats | Tage Erlander (S/SAP) | |
| 2 | Gertrud Sigurdsen (1923–2015) | 3 November 1973 | 8 October 1976 | 2 years, 340 days | Social Democrats | Olof Palme (S/SAP) | |
| 3 | Liberals | Thorbjörn Fälldin (C) | |||||
| 4 | Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943) | 17 October 1985 | 4 October 1991 | 5 years, 352 days | Social Democrats | Olof Palme (S/SAP) (1985 – 1986) Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (1986 – 1991) | |
| 5 | Alf Svensson (born 1938) | 4 October 1991 | 7 October 1994 | 3 years, 3 days | Christian Democrats | Carl Bildt (M) | |
| 6 | Pierre Schori (born 1938) | 7 October 1994 | 11 June 1999 | 4 years, 247 days | Social Democrats | Ingvar Carlsson (S/SAP) (1994 – 1966) Göran Persson (S/SAP) (1996 – 1999) | |
| 7 | Maj-Inger Klingvall (born 1946) | 14 September 1999 | 16 November 2001 | 2 years, 63 days | Social Democrats | Göran Persson (S/SAP) | |
| 8 | Jan O. Karlsson (1939–2016) | 7 January 2002 | 9 October 2003 | 1 year, 275 days | Social Democrats | Göran Persson (S/SAP) | |
| 9 | Carin Jämtin (born 1964) | 10 October 2003 | 6 October 2006 | 2 years, 361 days | Social Democrats | Göran Persson (S/SAP) | |
| 10 | Gunilla Carlsson (born 1963) | 6 October 2006 | 17 September 2013 | 6 years, 346 days | Moderate | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | |
| 11 | Hillevi Engström (born 1963) | 17 September 2013 | 3 October 2014 | 1 year, 16 days | Moderate | Fredrik Reinfeldt (M) | |
| 12 | Isabella Lövin (born 1963) | 3 October 2014 | 21 January 2019 | 4 years, 110 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 13 | Peter Eriksson (born 1958) | 21 January 2019 | 17 December 2020 | 1 year, 331 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| — | Isabella Lövin (acting) (born 1963) | 17 December 2020 | 5 February 2021 | 50 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 14 | Per Olsson Fridh (born 1981) | 5 February 2021 | 30 November 2021 | 298 days | Green | Stefan Löfven (S/SAP) | |
| 15 | Matilda Ernkrans (born 1973) | 30 November 2021 | 18 October 2022 | 322 days | Social Democrats | Magdalena Andersson (S/SAP) | |
| 16 | Johan Forssell (born 1973) | 18 October 2022 | Incumbent | 233 days | Moderate | Ulf Kristersson (M) |
